It s one way for a weasel to get around: hitching a lift on the back of awoodpecker.
照片上看，黄鼠狼趴在啄木鸟的背上搭了个顺风车，两只一起飞。
In fact, the image captures the bird s fight for life after the predatoryweasel jumped onto its back and attacked it.
而实际上，这张照片拍下的却是啄木鸟在遭黄鼠狼从背后袭击时逃生的画面。
The extraordinary picture was taken by Martin Le-May, an amateurphotographer who was out walking with his wife in Hornchurch Country Park,Essex.
这张不可思议的照片是由业余摄影师马丁·乐梅偶然拍下的，当时他和妻子正在英国艾塞克斯的霍恩彻奇国家公园里散步。
“As we walked we heard a distressed squawking and I saw the flash ofgreen,” said Mr Le-May, 52. “We trained our binoculars and it occurred that thewoodpecker was unnaturally hopping about like it was treading on a hotsurface.
“散步时我们突然听到一个痛苦的鸟叫声，接着看到一团绿色一闪而过。”52岁的马丁说，“我们用望远镜一看，发现一只啄木鸟在不寻常地跳来跳去，就像踩到灼热的地面上一样。”
“The bird was about 50m away from us and took off just as I lifted thecamera up. Originally, I thought I was just taking a picture of a greenwoodpecker flying. Then I realised it had something on its back.
“啄木鸟与我们的距离大概有50米，我举起相机时它刚好飞走。一开始我只以为自己拍下了啄木鸟飞起来的照片。后来我发现啄木鸟的背上有个东西。”
“Suddenly it was obvious it had a small mammal on its back and this was astruggle for life.”
“我突然发现那是一只小的黄鼠狼，原来这是一场生命的挣扎。”
The bird was around two metres off the ground when Mr Le-May caught it oncamera. Happily, it managed to shake off the weasel and fly up into thetrees.
啄木鸟被马丁拍下来的时候距离地面有两米左右。幸运的是，最后它成功摆脱了那只小黄鼠狼，飞到树丛中。
The picture became a sensation when it was circulated on social media, withsome Twitter users suggesting it could not be real.
这张照片被上传至网络后引起轰动，很多网友认为照片不是真的。
But Matt Binstead, head keeper at the British Wildlife Centre, said: "Youcan tell it s a real photograph.
但是英国野生动物中心的首席饲养员马特·宾斯戴德说：“可以判断，这张照片是真实的。”
"A female weasel is not much bigger than a packet of Polos but they arequite ferociouslittle predators and will prey on things much bigger thanthemselves their normal diet is mice and small mammals but they can go forsmall rabbits.
“母黄鼠狼的体型确实不大，和一袋马球的大小差不多，但是它们却是非常凶猛的食肉动物，能够捕食体型比它们大的动物。黄鼠狼常吃的有老鼠和一些小的哺乳动物，有时也能捕到小兔子。”
"It's quite unusual for them to go for a bird but green woodpeckers forageon the ground. I imagine the weasel gave it a go, jumped on its back and thenthe woodpecker took off."
“黄鼠狼不常捕食鸟类，但在地面觅食的绿色啄木鸟除外。我猜想当时应该是这只黄鼠狼想吃掉啄木鸟，于是跳到它的背上，然后啄木鸟立刻飞了起来。”
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